About Sunar Gaun Village

Sunar Gaun is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 19 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunar Gaun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunar Gaun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	34.18 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	19
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunar Gaun compares

By the 2011 count Sunar Gaun is the 194th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 34.18 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Sunar Gaun

Sunar Gaun is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sunar Gaun as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sunar Gaun from other places

Sunar Gaun lies about 23 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 24 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Sunar Gaun
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	8.4 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	23 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	23 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	24 km

Villages closest to Sunar Gaun

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Yamkeshwar tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Sunar Gaun

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunar Gaun village had a population of 35. That makes it the 194th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Sunar Gaun village has 19 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunar Gaun has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Sunar Gaun is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sunar Gaun covers 34.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sunar Gaun falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Sunar Gaun is Rishikesh, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sunar Gaun.

Sunar Gaun is about 23 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunar Gaun is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 8.4 km away. Garhwal is about 23 km away. Rishīkesh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.